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Scott Merkin‏Verified account @scottmerkin 4h4 hours ago Basabe flying under White Sox radar, but only just http://atmlb.com/2mTfc69 via @mlb

FutureSox @FutureSox The #WhiteSox signed 28yo utility player Tyler Ladendorf to a MiLB deal per @BaseballAmerica. 2008 2nd rd pick, last w/OAK, has 45 MLB games

https://twitter.com/JayZawaski670The Athletic @TheAthleticChi Wait until next year, Blackhawks fans. Maxim Shalunov's KHL team won't release him from contract. @ByScottPowers: https://theathletic.com/42593/2017/03/07/ag...ks-this-season/ …

Scott Merkin‏Verified account @scottmerkin 9m9 minutes ago Both Holland and Kopech pitched on the Minor League back fields at Camelback Ranch with today's White Sox team off-day. Holland worked FB location in the first, FB and changeup in the second and mix of pitches in the third. Holland was up and down 4 times. Threw 50 pitches. Worked with Narvaez Kopech worked on "fastball command and feel for changeup," per Cooper Kopech was up and down three teams, throwing 45 pitches. Was paired with Alfredo Gonzalez since they likely will be paired in Minors.

Adam Jahns‏Verified account @adamjahns 1h1 hour ago #Bears are looking deep at free-agent WRs. See Andre Holmes a local kid with some upside. They join 49ers, Raiders, Lions as interested.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 7, 2017 -> 11:24 AM) The admiration for a trade proposal that was basically what was reported prior (I don't think Dunning was offered, I think people are just assuming he was a part of it because he came over the next day, the rumored deal was Giolito/Lopez/Robles), when just 3 short months ago this was a very polarizing offer for Sale. We are leaving the romantic period where we could have had any prospect, and every prospect will be perfect, to now the scary period where the ones we picked could falter and ones we passed on will succeed. It would be really nice if Moncada and Kopech out of the gate just destroy their levels. Could falter? Yeah, some will fail. This is when the rebuild gets real for many people.

Daryl Van Schouwen‏Verified account @CST_soxvan 1h1 hour ago Sox pitching coach on Shields: ‘This year, watch him do better’ http://bit.ly/2lxK9ME via @suntimes

Interesting read on what it took to get to the Sale deal. http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/218...ris-sale-trade/

670 The Score‏Verified account @670TheScore 1h1 hour ago Rick Hahn continues to preach patience for White Sox as they monitor trade market http://cbsloc.al/2meVb8B

Jason La Canfora‏Verified account @JasonLaCanfora 1h1 hour ago Reported over weekend Bears were front runner for Mike Glennon. Nothing's changed there. More willing to over-spend than the Jets

CSN Chicago‏Verified account @CSNChicago 57m57 minutes ago Niklas Hjalmarsson could return to #Blackhawks lineup Thursday against Ducks: http://bit.ly/2mfdJ8p (@TramyersCSN) #HawksTalk

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 7, 2017 -> 08:26 AM) The funny thing is Glennon doesn't have an agent atm so nobody can negotiate with him right now, because teams cannot talk directly to a player in the legal tampering period Liz MullenVerified account @SBJLizMullen Free Agent QB Mike Glennon has signed with @AthletesFirst founder & NFL agent Dave Dunn.

CSN Chicago‏Verified account @CSNChicago 17m17 minutes ago Report: #Bears want Brian Hoyer back http://bit.ly/2lOKNkq #BearsTalk

CSN Chicago‏Verified account @CSNChicago 12m12 minutes ago Danny Hayes embraces big opportunity in #WhiteSox camp: http://bit.ly/2mvDWAe (@CSNHayes) #WhiteSoxTalk

Watched the premier of Time after Time on ABC. It was pretty much Timeless. Same plot holes, and same lack of excitement.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 04:11 PM) He called Obama a sad man, that implies Obama did it directly. Its entirely inaccurate and completely undermines how the United States system works. Its the equivalent of someone in criminal court telling the judge "Im being arrested because of Rauner/Rahm." If people arent willing to stand up to Trump and educate him on how the system, that he is currently the President of, works, then we dont deserve our freedom anymore. Its really that simple. (edit) SS2k, He may have been legitimately monitored. That is why he is framing this as "Obama" the "sad man" did it, so that any investigation's credibility is destroyed. He is hedging against a real criminal investigation. This is probably the smartest thing that has been said here. I honestly think the rest of trying to apply logic to Trumps actions in general are a large waste of time. What is boils down to is the guy is a level 100 con-artist who will literally say whatever he can to get what he wants. In this case I think there might be an actual nugget of reality that his insanity is based on, and it is fairly obvious how it would come about. The rest of it is garbage.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 04:05 PM) Okay, you are free to believe this evidence-free claim from a man with a history of promoting paranoid conspiracy theories. I'll duck back out of the Republican/MAGA thread. Honestly with all of the background fires around Trump, I would be shocked if he weren't being monitored. It would be basically negligent.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 03:59 PM) Obama did not wiretap reporters. Do you understand the scale of the 100% evidence-free claim that Trump has leveled here? This just seems like an excuse to believe in things with zero evidence. We know about Trump campaign/admin contacts with Russian ambassadors because we monitor the Russian ambassador. That doesn't mean or lend any support to a claim that the President ordered illegal wiretapping of a US citizen. The United States as a long and storied history of using its spy agencies as tool for those in power to monitor and even intimidate opponents. Throw in the stories about involvement with Russia during the election and it is not kind of a leap of faith to see Trump and people in his team being tapped and monitored by our spy agencies.

QUOTE (Tony @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 03:55 PM) I don't think so, but certain people could. Should he have said it? No......but he was a 20 year old kid...in Russia. THE SCANDAL!!!! Russia is a whole different world. They still have fairly active mobs that specialize in the attacks and intimidation of gays. They are also much more anti-cultural than we are, especially for those who still yearn for the strength of the Soviet Union. To me the only surprise is that we don't hear more about this from the Russian kids.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 03:56 PM) Monitoring of Russian foreign nationals by both US and potentially other Western intelligence services. This is tens of thousands of miles from Obama ordering illegal wiretaps of a US citizen/political opponent. You have a lot more faith in the United States spy agencies than I do.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 03:54 PM) The real problem is that no one seems to understand how wiretap works. Even if Trump was under investigation, Obama couldnt have done it on his own. Of course he wouldn't have. But most are too lazy these days to actually spell out the detail of how those things work, and instead speak in short hand. In a case like this, anything done by the federal government during the previous eight years of the Presidency would be done by Obama. Starting January 20, anything done by the federal government is done by Trump... at least when you speak a large portion of the country.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 03:51 PM) The accusation from Trump/Breitbart fever swamps is that Obama personally ordered illegal wiretaps on Trump Tower. Accusing the former President of literally doing Watergate 2.0 with zero evidence is a big f***ing deal. I know what the accusations are. I can also take a piece of lunacy and see where the reality in it might come from. Again, tell me where you think all of this information about Russia is coming from? Falling out of the sky?

I definitely don't think the US spying on its own citizens is any sort of a leap of faith. President after President has does nothing but strengthen those powers and slowly but surely abuse them a little more with each passing term. Mix in any suspicious work with the Russians and you have a fairly easy and obvious reason to get a wiretap granted by the legal system. Ever wonder how these contacts with Russia became documented? Do you think it was random luck by our spy agencies? While the man is an obvious loon, in this case, I don't see it as a large stretch of imagination to see this happening.

Didn't we wiretap Merkl too?

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Mar 6, 2017 -> 12:39 PM) The biggest change for the positive is no more Robin. That should be good for at least 10 extra wins alone. The only thing is that's offset by the loss of Sale, Eaton, and others. I don't see us being worse, but don't see us being better either. Yikes.